He said: “3 lanes going down from Marton to Boro operated by traffic lights in the morning and reverse the lights after 10am back to 2 lanes each way.....3pm until 6pm reverse the lights to 3 lanes going up towards Marton......”

Scott Cooper said a dedicated bus-way was needed alongside a “quick and frequent” Park and Ride from strategic points at the edge of town.

Elsewhere, Sue Taylor said rail links could be improved, with more regular services from Nunthorpe and increased parking: “It works everywhere else so why not here?”

Paul Jacobs said a new metro or monorail system would be an “easy fix” to delays - a plan that has gained support from Redcar and Cleveland Council’s Labour group.

Cabinet member for resources Christopher Massey said he would support a city-style Metro linking Redcar and Thornaby alongside improved rail services.

But amongst the suggestions, there was inevitable pessimism from residents faced with the daily misery of the Crawl.

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Vinny Woodrow said: “There was a solution which was available for years...build a bypass at the back of the hospital! Now they have allowed houses to be built at Swans Corner, that solution is now dead in the water.”

Joe Johnson said the authority had “murdered traffic” for Middlesbrough by ruling out plans for the bypass, designed to run from Swans Corner in Nunthorpe to Longlands.

And echoing so many of our commentators, ‘Boronation’ thinks the Crawl will keep on crawling: “It will never happen, this area will never get any funding from central government.”